A Weekend With Queer Art Legend Charles Atlas
This weekend in Toronto, Charles Atlas’s faith in queer survival is celebrated with screenings, a book launch, talks and more. Jon Davies reports.
First Full-Scale Corita Kent Survey Shines in Upstate NY
Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs January 19 to July 28, 2013
Oliver Husain: Hybrid Hijinks
A feature from the Summer 2012 issue of Canadian Art
Pop Life: Bad Art, Good Gossip
The National Gallery’s “Pop Life” promises a clearer picture of art and the market, along with a bit of controversy. As Jon Davies observes, the show struggles to find coherency and currency—but some rich experiences redeem the effort.
Animal House
When I first heard about “Animal House: Works of Art Made by Animals,” my first thought was: if the work itself is silly, can the theoretical context that frames it be enough to make for a compelling experience?
Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby: Possibilities of Redemption
Begin with a song. In Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby’s debut video, Rapt and Happy (1998), the first thing we hear is Duke’s voice singing “Doo doo doo...I’d love to keep you warm.”
Peter Kingstone
Peter Kingstone’s latest project finesses the Toronto artist’s long-standing fascination with the place where autobiographical fact ends and narrative fiction begins.